This very professional logo with the green circles will not encounter a lot of recognition among the members of the Amsterdam derivative trading society. It belongs to the APT (we can read, yes). APT stands for the Association of Proprietary Traders, but it’s not very clear what they’re doing. The APT is the successorRead more
Recently several comments and e-mails by fresh university graduates requested for more information on getting a job as a derivative trader in Amsterdam. As the visitors, Google and this site are close friends it would make sense to write a tiny how-to and where-to get a job in Amsterdam trading firms. Basically there are sevenRead more
With all the juicy news on the demise of Van der Moolen and its surrounding scandals, one tends to forget about the rest of the market. One of the major derivative trading firms in Amsterdam is receiving a lot of attention in the press lately. Optiver is depicted as a black sheep. While I wouldn’tRead more
Several Dutch market makers are desperately looking for traders and it-personnel. To achieve this they have joined forces and the Holland Financial Centre will launch a campaign to attract new talent. They will visit universities and… secondary schools. Let’s hope the newspaper FD misquoted the chairman Sjoerd van Keulen, because I honestly wouldn’t know whyRead more
Binck and Optiver announced the introduction of their joint venture a week ago. Actually, both companies didn’t want to burn their fingers on this apparently legal deal to corner the market.They decided to hire a professional in selling the impossible message. Enter the public relations firm Carl Byoir & Associates. When you need an externalRead more
